The Third Edition Assassin

My notes about the Third Edition Dungeons & Dragons Assassin prestige class peg it as a Spectral Sneak, but I’ve had the opportunity to review the States and what they’re supposed to represent, and I think I’ve changed my mind a bit. Before I’d have looked at the Assassin spells, and categorized it as Spectral because it uses Arcane magic.

So, the Assassin only requires skills to qualify, even though it grants arcane spells. It utilizes poison, Sneak Attack, and even the spells it grant are fairly mundane in application, and used to hide the assassin’s identity, enhance their physical abilities, or locate their target. Important to note however, is that they kill their target.

An Assassin doesn’t toy with the target (unless they’re evil), doesn’t wound them or cause them undue suffering (unless they’re evil), and they don’t strictly do it for the money (unless they’re evil). So, my new assessment puts them at either Natural or Primeval (depending on their powers) Sneak. More “magical” ones are Primeval.